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Knox County school board to meet as school system grapples with possible school shutdowns, school time changes

The Knox County Board of Education will meet Monday night for the first time since its yearly workshop, during which board members discussed major money-saving options. Those choices included changing school start times, dropping bus routes and even shutting down some of the county’s smallest schools. The board meeting...

Knox County, TN · 5d

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Early Voting Ends in Knox County Ahead of Nov. 3 Election

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WOKI) – Early voting has officially concluded in Knox County as election officials prepare for Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The Knox County Election Commission announced that early voting ended Thursday at 6 p.m., bringing to a close a 14-day period in which voters could cast ballots ahead of the county election.

Knox County, TN · 8d

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Knox SOUP Dinner on Nov. 5 to Feature Four Community Projects

Knox SOUP (Supporting Outstanding Unique Projects) will host its next community-powered microfunding dinner on Thursday, November 5, bringing together local residents to hear four project presentations and help support ideas that benefit Knox County. This dinner will feature a special milestone for Knox SOUP: two of the four selected proposals...

Knoxville, TN · 6d

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Tennessee legend Davy Crockett lived a full life before fighting and dying at the Alamo in Texas

In the 1950s, a young medium called television introduced baby boomers to Tennessee Frontiersman Davy Crockett through a Walt Disney series starring Fess Parker. Crockett, who famously died at the Alamo during the Texas Revolution, was born 240 years ago in Limestone, Tennessee, in Greene County. His family later moved to the Morristown area where his father, John Crockett, ran a tavern.

Morristown, TN · 9d

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Sevier County gives voters Q-tips and other styluses after reports of touchscreen troubles

Election administrator says no complaints have been reported since styluses were introduced four days into early voting.

Sevier County, TN · 8d

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Early voting surges ahead of midterms, drawing students across campus

With Tennessee’s midterm elections opening Nov. 3, early voting numbers reached a staggering high, with over 1,130,292 ballots cast in the thirteen-day period since the booths opened, representing over 24% of registered voters statewide. Compared to the 770,986 ballots cast in 2022, the turnout shows an almost 47% increase in the same 13 days.

Tennessee · 8d

The Daily Times

Blount County Zoning Review Task Force gets to work

It just as much about introductions as getting organized Thursday during the first meeting of Blount County’s Zoning Review Task Force. The task force was authorized by the Board of Commissioners in September at the request of County Mayor Jared Anderson. The group’s purpose in the authorizing resolution is consideration of appropriate amendments and updates to the Blount County Zoning Ordinances to comply with the revised Comprehensive Plan that the board has not yet approved. It is also charged to undertake a comprehensive review of the Zoning Ordinance to determine whether its provisions continue to reflect the public’s expectations and the policy objectives of the Board of Commissioners concerning growth, development, land use and infrastructure. The task force members consists of five county commissioners — Nick Bright (Seat 6-A), Misty Davis (6-B), Jessica Hannah (1-A), Jeff Jopling (8-B) and David Wells (10-B) — and three community members — businessman Tony Saddy, UT Stormwater Coordinator Will Luke and former District 9 commissioner/farmer Steve Mikels. The task force elected Bright as chairman and Hannah as vice chair with no other nominations. Mikels nominated Davis, but the county commissioner declined saying she intended to be more a proponent in the group’s discussion that

Blount County, TN · 7d

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Knoxville adds 98 affordable housing units as demand continues to grow

Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Village at Inskip, a new affordable housing community featuring 98 units developed by Hopeful Housing.

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Rare WWII B-29 Bomber Doc Touches Down in Knoxville for Four Days

A piece of World War II history touched down at McGhee Tyson Airport on Wednesday, as the B-29 Superfortress known as Doc rolled onto the tarmac for a four-day visit that lets Knoxville-area residents walk through a bomber that almost no longer exists. Doc is one of just two B-29s from the era still capable of flight, and its stop in East Tennessee runs through Sunday.

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Blount County Courthouse clock got ahead of time change

Blount County was a little bit ahead in when it began falling back. Drivers along West Broadway or Lamar Alexander Parkway over the last week may have done a double take if they looked at the clock atop the Blount County Courthouse that has been running an hour early the last few days. That will take care of itself on Sunday when Daylight Savings Time comes to an end and everyone else’s clocks fall back one hour. The four clock faces atop the courthouse were upgraded to computer automation in 2000 and that system came pre-programmed with the changes for Daylight Savings Time. Those dates however were the DST settings adjusted by Congress in 1987 that used the first Sunday in April and last Sunday in October. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 expanded DST pushed the start date forward to the second Sunday in March and extended the end date back to the first Sunday in November. The difference often requires the courthouse staff to make corrections to compensate for the out-of-date automated changes. “When we reset the time whenever we spring forward or, we will fall back first, so we’ll set it back an hour, and then a

Blount County, TN · 7d

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Early voting period ends with more than 100K votes cast in Knox County, election commission says

The oldest person to cast an early vote in person was 104 years old.

Knox County, TN · 8d

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From Halloween events to road work: Traffic impacts for East Tennessee drivers to know

East Tennessee drivers should prepare for several upcoming road closures due to Halloween events and construction projects scheduled between October 30 and November 4.

Tennessee · 8d

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$22 million Chapman Highway redesign aims to improve pedestrian, cyclist safety in South Knoxville

The City of Knoxville is moving forward with a $22.25 million project to improve safety on Chapman Highway by adding pedestrian and bicycle paths, landscaped medians, and intersection upgrades.

Knoxville, TN · 8d

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5 Best Restaurants in Knoxville, Tennessee You Need to Try Before Everyone Else Finds Them

Knoxville, Tennessee — a city where the Tennessee River bends through the heart of downtown, where the Smokies rise blue on the horizon, and where every street hums with the laughter of students, the wisdom of old-timers, and the dreams of newcomers drawn by the promise of something soulful. Here, red-brick warehouses lean into the future, murals bloom on stucco, and the scent of barbecue and biscuits drifts through neighborhoods stitched together by memory and hope.

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Sevierville Locals Have Been Starting Their Mornings At Five Oaks… Rather, At Huck Finn’s? No, At Mel’s Diner

Every Smoky Mountain town has an argument that never quite ends, and around Sevier County it goes like this: where should the day begin? Some folks name one breakfast spot, others name another, and then somebody at the table changes their mind halfway through the sentence. That little debate is...

Sevier County, TN · 12d

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Inside the race to represent Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District following redistricting

MORGAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Tennessee has nine seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, four of them run through East Tennessee. After redistricting earlier this year, all of Cumberland, Morgan, and Scott, along with part of Campbell County, became part of the 6th District. Republican State Representative Johnny...

Tennessee · 9d

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Knoxville man left with 28-foot-long crack after concrete truck arrives late

A Knoxville man says concrete that was poured to create a foundation for a new garage, cracked soon after it was poured. He said two pours of concrete were needed to form the floor of his garage. The pours were supposed to be made within minutes of each other; however, one of the concrete trucks was late in arriving, but the concrete mixing company denies it.

Knoxville, TN · 10d

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Jerri Green is what the suffragettes dreamed of | Opinion

Market Street in Knoxville is unique with statues celebrating women's suffrage. Men didn't want women voting - much less in politics. Many men identify with politicians who are aggressive, loud-speaking jerks. Most women don't identify with jerks and tend to vote for kinder and more intelligent candidates - and women have changed politics. The Republican Party hasn't caught up with women. Republicans tend to choose puffed up little men as their leaders. Newt Gingrich shut down the country because President Clinton didn't invite him back for a chat on an airplane trip. Donald Trump wouldn't allow a ship holding 21 COVID patients into the United States because they would have increased “my number” of COVID patients (we ended up killing 1,200,000). Cameron Sexton wanted to be House speaker. Gloria Johnson alone voted against him and the puffed up little man exposed himself by assigning her to a tiny office . And gerrymandered Gloria's district; look up the maps. Our current senator will be tough on “big tech." She doesn't advertise how she changed the law to allow "big pharma" to flood the country with opioids (we ended up killing 500,000 ). It was “unintended” but forewarned! But “big pharma” donated

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